In an interview with the BBC on Friday, Oprah stated her feelings on the current state of racism.

"There are still generations of people, older people, who were born and bred and marinated in it, in that prejudice and racism, and they just have to die," she said.

She was also asked if she believes that President Obama faces racism.

"I think that there is a level of disrespect for the office that occurs. And that occurs in some cases and maybe even many cases because he is African American. There's no question about that and it's the kind of thing nobody ever says but everybody's thinking it," she said.

Another celebrity recently said something silimar.

Comedian Aziz Ansari spoke on Conan. "You have that one grandma who passes away and, it’s like, ‘Oh, it’s so sad … Eh, she was kind of a racist piece of s**t.’”